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| 2 = {{feature|title=The Mind of Evil (TV story)|image=Mind of Evil - Doctor Who DVD|ext=|lead='''''The Mind of Evil''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] story that brought a radical change in the way [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] was portrayed. Instead of being a primarily investigative body interested in alien or unexplained phenomena, here UNIT was mostly seen as a simple security force, guaranteeing the safety of international diplomats. In other words, the "United Nations" portion of their acronym was stressed over the "Intelligence Taskforce" bit — as would later happen in such stories as ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. Meanwhile, the main plot about the mind-control device was something [[writer]] [[Don Houghton]] intentionally included as an homage to ''[[wikipedia:A Clockwork Orange|A Clockwork Orange]]''. ''Evil'' went badly over budget, thanks in no small part to one of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s rare usages of a real [[helicopter]] in the concluding episode. An unimpressed [[Barry Letts]] therefore withdrew [[director]] [[Timothy Combe]] from his informal "director's [[wiktionary:rota#Noun|rota]]", and Combe never worked on the programme again.}} | | 2 = {{feature|title=The Mind of Evil (TV story)|image=Mind of Evil - Doctor Who DVD|ext=|lead='''''The Mind of Evil''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] story that brought a radical change in the way [[United Nations Intelligence Taskforce]] was portrayed. Instead of being a primarily investigative body interested in alien or unexplained phenomena, here UNIT was mostly seen as a simple security force, guaranteeing the safety of international diplomats. In other words, the "United Nations" portion of their acronym was stressed over the "Intelligence Taskforce" bit — as would later happen in such stories as ''[[Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. Meanwhile, the main plot about the mind-control device was something [[writer]] [[Don Houghton]] intentionally included as an homage to ''[[wikipedia:A Clockwork Orange|A Clockwork Orange]]''. ''Evil'' went badly over budget, thanks in no small part to one of ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s rare usages of a real [[helicopter]] in the concluding episode. An unimpressed [[Barry Letts]] therefore withdrew [[director]] [[Timothy Combe]] from his informal "director's [[wiktionary:rota#Noun|rota]]", and Combe never worked on the programme again.}} | ||
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Russell T Davies was responsible for the revival of Doctor Who, as well as the creation of two spin-off series, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. From 2005 to mid-2009, he was the head writer and an executive producer of the BBC Wales version of the show.
